Table 1.

Family socio-demographic information at Time 1

Families of children with ASD (N = 188)
Parents
Mother’s age, years (M [SD])	38.7 (5.6)
Father’s age, years (M [SD])	40.7 (6.2)
Income (M [SD])	US$80–  89,000  (US$30,000)
Education (n (%))
> High school	13 (3.5%)
High school degree/GED	33 (17.3%)
Some college	60 (16.0%)
College degree	167 (44.4%)
Some graduate	22 (5.9%)
Graduate degree	72 (19.1%)
Race/ethnicity (n [%])
Caucasian, non-Hispanic	334 (88.8%)
Hispanic	25 (6.6%)
African-American	4 (1.1%)
American Indian	1 (0.3%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	9 (2.4%)
Multiple	3 (0.3%)
Child w/ASD
Age, years (M [SD])	7.90 (2.3)
Male (n [%])	161 (86%)
Intellectual disability (n (%))	65 (34.6%)
CBCL internalizing behavior problems (M [SD])	63.0 (9.6)
CBCL externalizing behavior problems (M [SD])	60.1 (11.1)
SRS-2 total (M [SD])	77.8 (10.6)

Means and standard deviations from CBCL and SRS taken from mother report self-report at Time 1

ASD autism spectrum disorder, SD standard deviation, CBCL t-scores on child behavior checklist internalizing and externalizing subscales, SRS social responsiveness total t-score